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parties are amenable, due to an act 

dated on March 3, 1875, the Forest 

Service has been unable to accept the 

quitclaim from the Manitou and Pikes 

Peak Railway. Recognizing this problem, the railway company came to me 

and asked that I carry this legislation 

to allow the Forest Service the authority to accept the quitclaim, which is 

the last major hurdle in allowing the 

Incline Trail to be legally opened for 

public use. 

Although several people have informally maintained the incline, no formal steps have been taken by any of 

the property owners to maintain the 

Incline since 1997. Legalizing access to 

the trail will allow the surrounding 

communities access to repair sections 

of the trail that are in poor condition 

and will make use safer for all hikers. 

It has been my pleasure to work with 

the interested parties in helping to 

gain legal access to this unique trail 

that I believe will be a wonderful addition to the region’s trail inventory. I 

would like to thank the Forest Service 

and Senator MICHAEL BENNETT’S office 

for their diligence in working with my 

office in this process. 

Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of 

my time. 

Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 

myself such time as I may consume. 

(Mr. SABLAN asked and was given 

permission to revise and extend his remarks.) 

Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4073 

clears up a deed for a popular hiking 

destination, the Manitou Incline in 

Colorado. Upon enactment, the Pike 

National Forest will have full ownership of the trail, which ascends 2,000 

feet to Pikes Peak. 

We do not object to this legislation, 

Mr. Speaker, and I yield back the balance of my time. 

Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 

back the balance of my time. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 

question is on the motion offered by 

the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. 

LAMBORN) that the House suspend the 

rules and pass the bill, H.R. 4073, as 

amended. 

The question was taken. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the 

opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being 

in the affirmative, the ayes have it. 

Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, I object 

to the vote on the ground that a 

quorum is not present and make the 

point of order that a quorum is not 

present. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. 

The point of no quorum is considered 

withdrawn. 

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PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK ACT 

Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I move 

to suspend the rules and pass the bill 

(H.R. 3641) to establish Pinnacles National Park in the State of California 

as a unit of the National Park System, 

and for other purposes, as amended. 

The Clerk read the title of the bill. 

The text of the bill is as follows: 

H.R. 3641 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pinnacles National Park Act’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

The Congress makes the following findings: 

(1) Pinnacles National Monument was established by Presidential Proclamation 796 on January 16, 1908, for the purposes of protecting its 

rock formations, and expanded by Presidential 

Proclamation 1660 of May 7, 1923; Presidential 

Proclamation 1704 of July 2, 1924; Presidential 

Proclamation 1948 of April 13, 1931; Presidential 

Proclamation 2050 of July 11, 1933; Presidential 

Proclamation 2528 of December 5, 1941; Public 

Law 94–567; and Presidential Proclamation 7266 

of January 11, 2000. 

(2) While the extraordinary geology of Pinnacles National Monument has attracted and 

enthralled visitors for well over a century, the 

expanded Monument now serves a critical role 

in protecting other important natural and cultural resources and ecological processes. This 

expanded role merits recognition through legislation. 

(3) Pinnacles National Monument provides the 

best remaining refuge for floral and fauna species representative of the central California 

coast and Pacific coast range, including 32 species holding special Federal or State status, not 

only because of its multiple ecological niches but 

also because of its long-term protected status 

with 14,500 acres of Congressionally designated 

wilderness. 

(4) Pinnacles National Monument encompasses a unique blend of California heritage 

from prehistoric and historic Native Americans 

to the arrival of the Spanish, followed by 18th 

and 19th century settlers, including miners, 

cowboys, vaqueros, ranchers, farmers, and 

homesteaders. 

(5) Pinnacles National Monument is the only 

National Park System site within the ancestral 

home range of the California Condor. The reintroduction of the condor to its traditional 

range in California is important to the survival 

of the species, and as a result, the scientific 

community with centers at the Los Angeles Zoo 

and San Diego Zoo in California and Buenos 

Aires Zoo in Argentina looks to Pinnacles National Monument as a leader in California Condor recovery, and as an international partner 

for condor recovery in South America. 

(6) The preservation, enhancement, economic 

and tourism potential and management of the 

central California coast and Pacific coast 

range’s important natural and cultural resources requires cooperation and partnerships 

among local property owners, Federal, State, 

and local government entities and the private 

sector. 

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK. 

(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—There is 

hereby established Pinnacles National Park in 

the State of California for the purposes of— 

(1) preserving and interpreting for the benefit 

of future generations the chaparral, grasslands, 

blue oak woodlands, and majestic valley oak savanna ecosystems of the area, the area’s 

geomorphology, riparian watersheds, unique 

flora and fauna, and the ancestral and cultural 

history of native Americans, settlers and explorers; and 

(2) interpreting the recovery program for the 

California Condor and the international significance of the program. 

(b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of Pinnacles National Park are as generally depicted 

on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed: Pinnacles National Park Designation Change’’, numbered 

114/111,724, and dated December 2011. The map 

shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National 

Park Service. 

(c) ABOLISHMENT OF CURRENT PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—In light of the establishment 

of Pinnacles National Park, Pinnacles National 

Monument is hereby abolished and the lands 

and interests therein are incorporated within 

and made part of Pinnacles National Park. Any 

funds available for purposes of the monument 

shall be available for purposes of the park. 

(2) REFERENCES.—Any references in law 

(other than in this Act), regulation, document, 

record, map or other paper of the United States 

to Pinnacles National Monument shall be considered a reference to Pinnacles National Park. 

(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of the 

Interior shall administer Pinnacles National 

Park in accordance with this Act and laws generally applicable to units of the National Park 

System, including the National Park Service Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 1, 2–4). 

SEC. 4. REDESIGNATION OF PINNACLES WILDERNESS AS HAIN WILDERNESS. 

Subsection (i) of the first section of Public 

Law 94–567 (90 Stat. 2693; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is 

amended by striking ‘‘Pinnacles Wilderness’’ 

and inserting ‘‘Hain Wilderness’’. Any reference 

in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or 

other record of the United States to the Pinnacles Wilderness shall be deemed to be a reference to the Hain Wilderness. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 

Colorado (Mr. LAMBORN) and the gentleman from the Northern Mariana Islands (Mr. SABLAN) each will control 20 

minutes. 

The Chair recognizes the gentleman 

from Colorado. 

GENERAL LEAVE

Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I ask 

unanimous consent that all Members 

may have 5 legislative days in which to 

revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill 

under consideration. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 

objection to the request of the gentleman from Colorado? 

There was no objection. 

Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 

myself such time as I may consume. 

H.R. 4631 renames Pinnacles National 

Monument as Pinnacles National Park. 

Pinnacles was originally designated in 

1908 by President Roosevelt under the 

authority of the Antiquities Act. However, under this legislation, it is not 

anticipated that management would 

change dramatically as the area is already considered a unit of the National 

Park Service. 

The Natural Resources Committee 

made important changes to H.R. 3641, 

allowing us to bring this to the floor 

today. For example, the committee removed a nearly 3,000-acre wilderness 

expansion and struck unnecessary land 

acquisition authority. With these 

changes, the goal of elevating recognition of the area as a national park is 

achieved without limiting access. 

With that, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the 

balance of my time. 

Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 

myself such time as I may consume. 

(Mr. SABLAN asked and was given 

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Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, President 

Theodore Roosevelt designated Pinnacles National Monument in California under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1908. 

H.R. 3641 would redesignate the 

monument as Pinnacles National Park. 

While the name change will not significantly alter management of the area, 

it will raise the profile of this beautiful 

resource and hopefully attract even 

more visitors. 

Representative FARR is to be commended for his tenacity in moving this 

legislation forward. He has had to 

make some very difficult concessions 

to achieve passage of his bill today, 

and it is our hope that we can continue 

working on this to achieve his full vision for Pinnacles National Park. 

I reserve the balance of my time. 

Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my 

time. 

Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, at this 

time I yield such time as he may consume to the distinguished gentleman 

from California (Mr. FARR). 

Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3641, known as the Pinnacles National Park Act. As the sponsor of this bipartisan legislation, I 

would also like to express my thanks 

to my friend, Congressman DENHAM

from California, for his original cosponsorship of H.R. 3641. 

The Pinnacles National Park Act will 

elevate America’s 11th national monument, the Pinnacles National Monument, to a national park. Only Congress can designate a national park. 

This is the right thing to do because 

there are not a lot of examples of 

tectonic plate movement in our National Park System. This legislation 

would also rename the current Pinnacles Wilderness after Schuyler Hain, 

who first came to the area in 1886 and 

was largely responsible for getting the 

attention of Theodore Roosevelt, who 

first designated the monument in 1908. 

The first designation was to protect 

the beautiful rock formations and talus 

caves, notable for its tunnels. It has 

since been expanded several times by 

executive order and by congressional 

mandate to its present size of over 

26,000 acres. It is larger than several 

existing national parks. 

Pinnacles is a culturally significant 

area for several Native American 

tribes. It served as the backdrop for 

John Steinbeck’s ‘‘Of Mice and Men’’ 

and ‘‘East of Eden.’’ 

Anyone who has visited this place 

knows it’s special. From exploring 

caves to viewing springtime 

wildflowers to hiking through spirelike rock formations, visitors and families can participate in activities that 

leave lasting memories. It is truly worthy of national park status. 

The Pinnacles, themselves, are half 

of the skeletal remains of the Neenach 

Volcano, which erupted 23 million 

years ago, and are located at the junction of the Pacific and North American 

tectonic plates. The San Andreas Fault 

is just 4 miles to the east, and Miner’s 

Gulch and Pinnacles Faults run directly through the Pinnacles system. 

The Pinnacles system is home to 149 

species of birds, 49 mammals, 22 reptiles, 6 amphibians, 68 butterflies, 36 

dragonflies and damselflies, and nearly 

400 different kinds of bees—I didn’t 

even know there were that many—and 

many thousands of other invertebrates. 

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One project I’m particularly proud 

about is the reintroduction of the endangered California condor, the largest 

flying land bird in North America. 

Since 2003, the Park Service has been a 

part of the California Condor Recovery 

Program to reestablish California condors at Pinnacles National Monument. 

This cooperative endeavor between 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Ventana Wildlife Society, Pinnacles 

Partnership, and others, in collaboration with the California Condor Recovery Team, has done a tremendous job 

on recovery efforts and public education. Many visitors come to this region to get an opportunity to see the 

condor in the wild. 

This legislation has broad support 

from our counties of San Benito and 

Monterey, as well as the chambers of 

commerce, visitors bureaus, and from 

the respective counties who are enthusiastically supportive of this legislation. There is no opposition to the bill. 

The Pinnacles is uniquely located in 

coastal California to attract thousands 

of visitors each year who provide a viable and vital economic engine for San 

Benito County. Tourism is the primary 

focus for many of the business owners 

on the central coast. Increasing the 

number of tourists would promote a 

healthy impact for those not only in 

the retail sector, but also dining, lodging and sightseeing opportunities. 

The new national park designation 

would strengthen the region’s economic and tourism potential. There is 

no national park in that whole region. 

Research shows that for every one dollar invested by the Federal Government into our national parks, it returns $4 to the community in tourism 

dollars. 

Situated slightly inland from the 

California coast, Pinnacles National 

Monument has not yet realized its full 

potential to reach locals and tourists. 

Many tourists travel, dine, and stay 

overnight in areas along the coast such 

as Monterey and Santa Cruz, where 

they are visiting to recreate, camp, 

view wildlife, and enjoy the great outdoors. However, many are not aware of 

the Pinnacles National Monument and, 

as a result, do not make short trip inland to see this treasure. By elevating 

its stature to a national park, I believe 

that more visitors will come through 

our restaurants and businesses and 

more visitors will stay overnight near 

the park. 

I’d like to end with an inspiring 

quote from Ken Burns, who directed 

‘‘The National Parks: America’s Best 

Idea.’’ In a letter of support, Mr. Burns 

wrote for this legislation, he stated: 

A Pinnacles National Park would preserve 

a unique portion of our land: not only a critical record of geologic time, what John Muir 

would have called a ‘‘grand geological library’’ that helps Americans look back millions of years to understand the vast 

tectonic forces that shaped—and still 

shape—our continent, but also a rare habitat 

for condors, a wide array of flowers, and 400 

species of bees. It would preserve a place 

that, over the centuries, Native Americans, 

early Spanish settlers, homesteaders from 

the East, and Basque sheepherders have considered home, offering an important series of 

perspectives on the larger sweep of American 

history. 

With that bit of wisdom, I would urge 

my colleagues to support our bipartisan legislation. Again, I would like to 

thank JEFF DENHAM, a Congressman 

from the region, for supporting and cosponsoring H.R. 3641, the Pinnacles National Park Act. 

I ask your support. 

FLORENTINE FILMS

KEN BURNS AND DAYTON DUNCAN, STATEMENT

FOR THE RECORD IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 3444, PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK ACT

During the last ten years, as we researched, filmed, and created our documentary series for PBS, The National Parks: 

America’s Best Idea, we grew to appreciate 

the amazing diversity of the special treasures that constitute our national parks, 

every American’s incredible inheritance. 

And in studying the history of the evolution 

of the national park idea, we learned that 

many of today’s national parks were at one 

time national monuments—from the Grand 

Canyon to Death Valley, from Petrified Forest to Biscayne, from Congaree to most of 

Alaska’s national parks, and so many more. 

In that spirit, grounded in the tradition of 

recognizing the special importance of a national monument by extending its designation to that of a national park, we wish to 

wholeheartedly endorse H.R. 3444 and the 

creation of Pinnacles National Park. 

A Pinnacles National Park would preserve 

a unique portion of our land: not only a critical record of geological time (what John 

Muir would have called a ‘‘grand geological 

library’’) that helps Americans look back 

millions of years to understand the vast 

tectonic forces that shaped—and still 

shape—our continent, but also a rare habitat 

for condors, a wide array of flowers, and 400 

species of bees. It would preserve a place 

that, over the centuries, Native Americans, 

early Spanish settlers, homesteaders from 

the East, and Basque sheepherders have considered home, offering an important series of 

perspectives on the larger sweep of American 

history. 

We also understand from our investigation 

of national park history that, while changing an area’s designation from ‘‘monument’’ 

to ‘‘park’’ does not necessarily change its 

crucial attributes, it nonetheless alters its 

place in the American imagination. The 

Grand Canyon was just as wide and deep 

when it was a national monument as it is 

now as a national park, but the change enhanced its status in the eyes of the public— 

and in doing so increased its lure to visitors 

from our nation and abroad. So, too, a Pinnacles National Park, simply by its new designation, would attract and demand greater 

attention to the remarkable treasures the 

monument has to offer. 

In closing, we would like to quote John 

Muir once more, when he was writing about 

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Park: ‘‘Happy will be the men who, having 

the power and the love and the benevolent 

forecast to [create a park], will do it. They 

will not be forgotten. The trees and their 

lovers will sing their praises, and generations yet unborn will rise up and call them 

blessed.’’ Please give your support to creating Pinnacles National Park. Generations 

yet to come will thank you for it. 

KEN BURNS. 

DAYTON DUNCAN. 

Mr. LAMBORN. I would like to inquire if the gentleman from the Northern Marianas has any other speakers? 

Mr. SABLAN. No, we don’t, Mr. 

Speaker. 

At this time, I yield back the balance 

of my time. 

Mr. LAMBORN. Likewise, I yield 

back the balance of my time. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 

question is on the motion offered by 

the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. 

LAMBORN) that the House suspend the 

rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3641, as 

amended. 

The question was taken; and (twothirds being in the affirmative) the 

rules were suspended and the bill, as 

amended, was passed. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

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AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENT OF 

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR 

THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 

Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I move 

to suspend the rules and pass the bill 

(H.R. 3706) to create the Office of Chief 

Financial Officer of the Government of 

the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes, as amended. 

The Clerk read the title of the bill. 

The text of the bill is as follows: 

H.R. 3706 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE 

VIRGIN ISLANDS. 

(a) APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Governor of the Virgin 

Islands shall appoint a Chief Financial Officer, 

with the advice and consent of the Legislature 

of the Virgin Islands, from the names on the list 

required under section 2(d). If the Governor has 

nominated a person for Chief Financial Officer 

but the Legislature of the Virgin Islands has not 

confirmed a nominee within 90 days after receiving the list pursuant to section 2(d), the Governor shall appoint from such list a Chief Financial Officer on an acting basis until the Legislature consents to a Chief Financial Officer. 

(2) ACTING CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.—If a 

Chief Financial Officer has not been appointed 

under paragraph (1) within 180 days after the 

date of the enactment of this Act, the Virgin Islands Chief Financial Officer Search Commission, by majority vote, shall appoint from the 

names on the list submitted under section 2(d), 

an Acting Chief Financial Officer to serve in 

that capacity until a Chief Financial Officer is 

appointed under the first sentence of paragraph 

(1). In either case, if the Acting Chief Financial 

Officer serves in an acting capacity for 180 consecutive days, without further action the Acting 

Chief Financial Officer shall become the Chief 

Financial Officer. 

(b) DUTIES OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.— 

The duties of the Chief Financial Officer shall 

include the following: 

(1) Develop and report on the financial status 

of the Government of the Virgin Islands not 

later than 6 months after appointment and 

quarterly thereafter. Such reports shall be available to the public. 

(2) Each year prepare and certify spending 

limits of the annual budget, including annual 

estimates of all revenues of the territory without 

regard to sources, and whether or not the annual budget is balanced. 

(3) Revise and update standards for financial 

management, including inventory and contracting, for the Government of the Virgin Islands in general and for each agency in conjunction with the agency head. 

(c) DOCUMENTS PROVIDED.—The heads of each 

department of the Government of the Virgin Islands, in particular the head of the Department 

of Finance of the Virgin Islands and the head of 

the Internal Revenue Bureau of the Virgin Islands shall provide all documents and information under the jurisdiction of that head that the 

Chief Financial Officer considers required to 

carry out his or her functions to the Chief Financial Officer. 

(d) CONDITIONS RELATED TO CHIEF FINANCIAL

OFFICER.— 

(1) TERM.—The Chief Financial Officer shall 

be appointed for a term of 5 years. 

(2) REMOVAL.—The Chief Financial Officer 

shall not be removed except for cause. An Acting 

Chief Financial Officer may be removed for 

cause or by a Chief Financial Officer appointed 

with the advice and consent of the Legislature 

of the Virgin Islands. 

(3) REPLACEMENT.—If the Chief Financial Officer is unable to continue acting in that capacity due to removal, illness, death, or otherwise, 

another Chief Financial Officer shall be selected 

in accordance with subsection (a). 

(4) SALARY.—The Chief Financial Officer 

shall be paid at a salary to be determined by the 

Governor of the Virgin Islands, except such rate 

may not be less than the highest rate of pay for 

a cabinet officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands or a Chief Financial Officer serving 

in any government or semiautonomous agency. 

(e) REFERENDUM.—As part of the closest regularly scheduled, islands-wide election in the Virgin Islands to the expiration of the fourth year 

of the five-year term of the Chief Financial Officer, the Board of Elections of the Virgin Islands 

shall hold a referendum to seek the approval of 

the people of the Virgin Islands regarding 

whether the position of Chief Financial Officer 

of the Government of the Virgin Islands shall be 

made a permanent part of the executive branch 

of the Government of the Virgin Islands. The 

referendum shall be binding and conducted according to the laws of the Virgin Islands, except 

that the results shall be determined by a majority of the ballots cast. 

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 

commission to be known as the ‘‘Virgin Islands 

Chief Financial Officer Search Commission’’. 

(b) DUTY OF COMMISSION.—The Commission 

shall recommend to the Governor not less than 

3 candidates for nomination as Chief Financial 

Officer of the Virgin Islands. Each candidate 

must have demonstrated ability in general management of, knowledge of, and extensive practical experience at the highest levels of financial 

management in governmental or business entities and must have experience in the development, implementation, and operation of financial management systems. 

(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

(1) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.—The Commission shall be composed of 8 members appointed 

not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Persons appointed as members must have recognized business, government, 

or financial expertise and experience and shall 

be appointed as follows: 

(A) 1 individual appointed by the Governor of 

the Virgin Islands. 

(B) 1 individual appointed by the President of 

the Legislature of the Virgin Islands. 

(C) 1 individual, who is an employee of the 

Government of the Virgin Islands, appointed by 

the Central Labor Council of the Virgin Islands. 

(D) 1 individual appointed by the Chamber of 

Commerce of St. Thomas-St. John. 

(E) 1 individual appointed by the Chamber of 

Commerce of St. Croix. 

(F) 1 individual appointed by the President of 

the University of the Virgin Islands. 

(G) 1 individual, who is a resident of St. John, 

appointed by the At-Large Member of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands. 

(H) 1 individual appointed by the President of 

AARP Virgin islands. 

(2) TERMS.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Each member shall be appointed for the life of the Commission. 

(B) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commission 

shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed for 

the remainder of that term. 

(3) BASIC PAY.—Members shall serve without 

pay. 

(4) QUORUM.—Five members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. 

(5) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of the 

Commission shall be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Virgin Islands 

or the designee of the Chief Justice. The Chairperson shall serve as an ex officio member of the 

Commission and shall vote only in the case of a 

tie. 

(6) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at 

the call of the Chairperson. The Commission 

shall meet for the first time not later than 15 

days after all members have been appointed 

under this subsection. 

(7) GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT.—Members may 

not be current government employees, except for 

the member appointed under paragraph (1)(C). 

(d) REPORT; RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Commission shall transmit a report to the Governor, 

the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

House of Representatives and the Committee on 

Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate not 

later than 60 days after its first meeting. The report shall name the Commission’s recommendations for candidates for nomination as Chief Financial Officer of the Virgin Islands. 

(e) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate upon the nomination and confirmation 

of the Chief Financial Officer. 

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

For the purposes of this Act, the following 

definitions apply: 

(1) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.—In sections 1 

and 2, the term ‘‘Chief Financial Officer’’ means 

a Chief Financial Officer or Acting Chief Financial Officer, as the case may be, appointed 

under section 1(a). 

(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

means the Virgin Islands Chief Financial Officer Search Commission established pursuant to 

section 2. 

(3) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘‘Governor’’ means 

the Governor of the Virgin Islands. 

(4) REMOVAL FOR CAUSE.—The term ‘‘removal 

for cause’’ means removal based upon misconduct, failure to meet job requirements, or 

any grounds that a reasonable person would 

find grounds for discharge. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 

Colorado (Mr. LAMBORN) and the gentleman from the Northern Mariana Islands (Mr. SABLAN) each will control 20 

minutes. 

The Chair recognizes the gentleman 

from Colorado. 

GENERAL LEAVE

Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I ask 

unanimous consent that all Members 

may have 5 legislative days to revise 


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